blue_grapefruit
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These are copied from another site so don't kill me if they are wrong!
Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away
Most cell phone antennas have no purpose other than to make people believe that flipping up a 2 inch antenna just gave them better reception. They are not connected to any circuitry
You mostly breathe from only one nostril at a time
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors
Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land
One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms
'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
Muhammad is the most common name in the world
If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off
The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'.
People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added.
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber
When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour
Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women
Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water
The average housewife walks 10 miles a day around the house doing her chores.
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C
The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
Young children can entirely regrow lost fingertips above the top joint, including the bone, skin and nail!
A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground
97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk
The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people
Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this
If you cut off a snail's eye, it will grow a new one
During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.
Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away
Most cell phone antennas have no purpose other than to make people believe that flipping up a 2 inch antenna just gave them better reception. They are not connected to any circuitry
You mostly breathe from only one nostril at a time
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors
Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land
One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms
'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.
Muhammad is the most common name in the world
If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off
The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'.
People with blue eyes are better able to see in the dark
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
An egg will float if placed in water in which sugar has been added.
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber
When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour
Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women
Unlike dogs, pigs, and some other mammals, humans cannot taste water. They taste only the chemicals and impurities in the water
The average housewife walks 10 miles a day around the house doing her chores.
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C
The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
Young children can entirely regrow lost fingertips above the top joint, including the bone, skin and nail!
A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground
97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk
The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that just one gram of it can kill 150 people
Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this
If you cut off a snail's eye, it will grow a new one
During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.